Check pad casing



Nov. 19, 1940- E. A. HAVELES CHECK PAD CASING Filed March 16, 1938INVENTOR. [/avye/ A Haw/e6 @QCZ M ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 19, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHECK PAD CASINGEvangel A. Haveles, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application March 16, 1938, Serial No. 196,222

1 Claim. (Cl. 312-141) My invention relates to a check pad casing forholding restaurant or other check pads and the objects of my inventionare:

First, to provide a check pad casing for storing check pads, withindicating nmnbers to indicate the number of check pads on hand;

Second, to provide a check pad casing of this class in which the padsfor the different clerks class which may be made up in several unitssitioned side by side;

Sixth, to provide a check pad casing of this class in which the shelvesare inclined so that the check pad has a tendency to stay in the shelf;

Seventh, to provide a check pad casing of this class in which the checkpads may be quickly inserted and removed;

Eighth, to provide a check pad casing of this class which is very simpleand economical of construction, efficient in its action and which willnot readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view as will appear hereinafter, myinvention consists of certain novel features of construction,combination, and arrangement of parts and portions as will behereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in theappended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and tothe characters of reference thereon which form a part of thisapplication in which:

Figure l is a front elevational view of my check pad casing in itspreferred form; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken along theline 2--2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is another sectional view taken along theline 3--3 of Fig. 1; Fig. t is a fragmentary sectional view taken alongthe line 44 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary front elevational View ofthe top portion of a casing in a slightly modified form from that of theother views of the drawing.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts and portionsthroughout the several views of the drawing:

The main casing member I, shelf members 2, casing member 3, indicatorcasing member 4, indicator slides 5, cap member 6, and base member Iconstitute the principal parts and portions of my check pad casing inits preferred form.

The main casing I is an elongated casing, U- shaped in cross section asshown best in Fig. 2 of the drawing, and it is provided at its edgeswith folded back portions in providing grooves at the opposite edges.Over the lower end is provided a base member 1 which is provided with anupwardly turned flange Ia which extends past the one side thereof andforms the base for the easing member 3 as well as the casing member Iand is secured. thereon by spot welding, or other- 10 wise. Mounted inthe casing member I are a plurality of shelf members 2, each of which isprovided with downwardly extending lips 2a at opposite sides. These lipsZa eXtend forwardly and their extended ends fit in the grooves formed bythe turned back portion la, while their other ends rest against thebottom of the U-shaped casing member I. These lip members form spacersfor spacing the shelves a certain distance apart. These shelf membersare positioned on 20 an angle so that their back portions areconsiderably lower than their front portions, as shown best in Fig. 3 ofthe drawing. Each of the shelf members is provided at its front sidewith a cut away portion Ib which provides a space to facilig5 orotherwise secured to the one side of the mem- 35 ber I as shown best inFig. 2 of the drawing, the back side of said member being substantiallyflush with the back side of the casing member I. The front side,however, is set backwardly some distance and in which is mounted theindicator 0 casing member 4 which rests against the front side of themember 3 and is provided with outwardly extending portions. to and withinwardly turned portions 41) forming grooves between the body portionand the inwardly turned portions in 45 which is mounted the indicatorslides '5. The indicator slides are somewhat wider than the casingmembers 4 so that when they are placed in position their front sides arebowed outwardly as shown best in Fig. 2 of the drawing. They are 50preferably made of white material and are provided on the front bulgedside with numbers which are coincident with the space between theshelves and serve as numbers for the space between the shelves, whichspaces are for receiving 55 the separate check pads. Mounted over thetop of both of the cases i and 3 and the indicator casing 4 is a capmember 6 which is provided with holes in the sides adapted to engagelugs integrally punched from the sides of the casing members I and 3 forsecuring the cap member in position on the top.

In the modified form of construction shown in Fig. 5 of the drawingthere are two casing members I positioned side by side in spacedrelation and interposed between these casing members I is a casingmember similar to the casing member 3 except some wider and theindicator casing positioned in the front side is also wider and receiveswider indicating slides 8 which are provided with a double row ofindicator numbers, thus providing for the storage of a double quantityof the check pads. The base and cap members are the same as the base andcap I and 6 except that they are extended so that they extend over bothunits as well as the wider intermediate casing and indicator slides.

Though I have shown and described a particular construction,combination, and arrangement of parts and portions, and a certainmodification therefrom, I do not wish to be limited to this particularconstruction, combination, and arrangement, nor to the modification, butdesire to include in the scope of my invention, the construction,combination, and arrangement substantially as set forth in the appendedclaim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

In a check pad casing, a casing member substantially U-shaped in crosssection and provided with vertical grooves facing backwardly at itsfront side and a plurality of shelves with downwardly extending lips,which lips are provided with forwardly extended portions adapted to fitin said grooves and said lips resting on the adjacent shelf.

EVANGEL A. HAVELES.

